Ramblings on bookish matters. Horror and fantasy have the lion’s share, but not exclusively. Occasional interviews, art posts and bumblings.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

On the back cover

When I’ve started this blog I sat and thought on what I want to do and achieve here. Mainly it was my passion for reading and my try to push this passion a little farther. I never pictured myself as a writer but I always had an opinion about my readings and this blog gave me the opportunity to put them in order and make them reviews (I took the example of the blogs I read). It is also the unique feeling of being read and although I’m not a writer it is good to know that my work is read. Another decisive factor was the opportunity of receiving free books. Don’t get me wrong, I buy a load of books (more than I can read), but this is another unique feeling and also the sense that my work is rewarded.

What never crossed my mind was that someday a part of one of my reviews will end up as blurb on the back of a novel. With all my sincerity I didn’t know this thing it was possible. But when Bill Hussey told me that a part of my review for his novel, “Through A Glass, Darkly”, had made his back cover I was not only surprised, but also thrilled. I know that it isn’t much, I know that it is not a very elaborate phrase, but still, I’m overjoyed. I don’t know how long this blog will run, I don’t know if it will happen again, but besides the great things that I achieved here (friends, readers, books) this one is another achievement made by my blog that I will hold dear.

I want to thank Bill Hussey for letting me know about this blurb and for the photo of the back cover.